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Mr. Whited focuses on strategic community investment in affordable housing, development of infrastructure and coordinating the supportive services necessary to achieve local goals and to affirmatively further fair housing choice. His work in these areas includes 12 Consolidated Plans, eight (8) Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, two (2) Assessments of Fair Housing (AFH) and numerous program policy and procedure documents to facilitate the implementation of the housing and community development projects resulting from these plans. He is currently responsible for the management and implementation of CPD programs for four (4) cities in Southern California. Mr. Whited is a Certified HOME Specialist (Regulations) and is a national technical assistance provider through HUD's OneCPD technical assistance initiative. Prior to joining MDG, Mr. Whited was a Contract Compliance Specialist for the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission — the second largest Urban County CDBG program in the nation. His responsibilities included contract development, monitoring the implementation of CDBG funded activities implemented by participating cities and non-profit organizations. His work with the Urban County included the development of labor standards policies and procedures covering the Davis -Bacon Act, Minority and Women's Business Enterprise and Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act. Mr. Whited received a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy and Management from the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning and Development, with an emphasis on organizational management and public -sector accounting. Chris Andrews, Director— Mr. Andrews currently serves as a director on the Community Development and Disaster Recovery teams. Over the past ten years, Chris Andrews has supported hundreds of states and cities to design and implement housing and community development programs — primarily through HUD CPD Programs (CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG). Chris has also designed national resources to support grantees more effectively use CDBG-DR resources and provided direct assistance to communities to effectively plan for and implement CDBG-DR resources. Prior to joining MDG Associates, Chris was the Practice Area Lead for The Cloudburst Group's Community Development team. In this role, Chris oversaw Cloudburst's portfolio of HUD -funded technical assistance projects. Activities ranged from developing guidebooks and training academies to direct technical assistance building the capacity of HUD grantees. Chris also managed Cloudburst's portfolio of direct contracts with states and local governments to develop and implement strategic plans, improve grantee compliance, and revise existing policies and procedures. Chris led Cloudburst's CDBG-DR and disaster response project teams and activities. His experience ranges from supporting states and regions develop rapid housing strategies immediately following a disaster event to developing and implementing CDBG-DR programs. Most recently, Chris has led HUD's technical assistance team to assist Puerto Rico launch its CDBG-DR program. A trained planner, Chris has assisted more than 50 grantees over the past 10 years to develop strategic plans, Consolidated Plans, and Analyses of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Chris is a national expert in the HUD eCon Planning Suite system and has trained more than 1,000 grantees on the Consolidated Plan process, including the intersection of the Consolidated Plan and IDIS. At MDG, Chris supports the team's community planning and administration and disaster recovery assignments with an emphasis in planning and program implementation. Chris also works closely with communities to support the day to day operations of their HUD CPD programs. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with emphasis is Public Policy from Colby College, Waterville, ME and a Master of City Planning from the University of California, Berkley. � : I ;